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He Knows Too Much
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Have a Gay Old Time
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Would Hit a Girl
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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
Shut Up, Hannibal!
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Trailers Always Spoil
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Maybe Ever After
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War Is Hell
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Sassy Black Woman
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All Men Are Perverts
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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What You Are in the Dark
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Black Dude Dies First
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Smug Snake
Death Glare
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Police are Useless
Jerkass Has a Point
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Oh, Crap!
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As Himself
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This Is Gonna Suck
My Beloved Smother
Vomit Discretion Shot
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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Face Death with Dignity
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Big Eater
Pay Evil unto Evil
Silent Movie
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Idiot Ball
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Riddle for the Ages
Revenge
Gainax Ending
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BrotherSister Incest
The Chick
Historical Hero Upgrade
Adaptational Badass
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Butt-Monkey
Amoral Attorney
Re-Cut
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Dies Wide Open
Didn't Think This Through
Daylight Horror
Curse Cut Short
Villain Song
Berserk Button
Ambiguous Ending
Stealth Hi/Bye
The Ace
Fish out of Water
Really Gets Around
Flashback
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Boom, Headshot!
Daddy's Girl
Slashed Throat
Insane Troll Logic
Shipper on Deck
Never Found the Body
B-Movie
Let's Get Dangerous!
Cold-Blooded Torture
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
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He Who Fights Monsters
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Bloodier and Gorier
Wretched Hive
Storming the Castle
The Chessmaster